Monthly Archives: January 2014

To best understand the rules of shoveling snow with an older brother, go to your parents garage. Pick out the newest, widest shovel. Then forget that it even exists. It belongs to your older brother. He called it when you were fighting with Dad over having to shovel snow. You have to use the old,…

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. Jack London (1876-1916) I bet after London died more than a few dreamers took his words to heart. No gold rushes in sight, they made their livings on the seas and great lakes. In mid-western ports they loaded and unloaded raw…

It’s common knowledge in the literary world that Moby-Dick is a long, arduous read. I have been paddling the murky waters of this novel since the better half of last year. I know of others who had started but never finished the journey. The way I see it, this book is either embraced by long…